Trump Turns to Untested Tariffs to Reorder Global Trade
President Trump has long wanted to rework world trade. The tariffs set to go into effect next week will carry out that plan.
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Recent global trade deals with the U.S. were secured with murky investments.
were secured with huge, often vaguely defined investment pledges from partners like Japan.
How Tariffs Raise Costs for Farmers, Making Food More Expensive
The latest round of tariffs is likely to make agricultural production even more expensive and, potentially, limit access to goods not produced in the United States.
What is personalized pricing, and how do I avoid it?
Recently, Delta Air Lines announced it would expand its use of artificial intelligence to set airfare prices. This move sparked concern among flyers and politicians. But Delta isn’t the only business interested in using AI this way.
Strengthening collective labor rights can help reduce economic inequality
Only about 1 in 10 U.S. workers belong to unions today. champc/iStock via Getty Images PlusDespite the strength of the U.S.
Gene Hackman had a will, but the public may never find out who inherits his $80M fortune
Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, pose for a photo in 1986 in Los Angeles. Donaldson Collection/Michael Ochs Archives via Getty ImagesGene Hackman was found dead inside his New Mexico home on Feb. 26, 2025, at the age of 95.
How wind and solar power helps keep America’s farms alive
About 60% of Iowa's power comes from wind. Farmers can earn extra cash by leasing small sections of farms for power production. Bill Clark/Getty ImagesDrive through the plains of Iowa or Kansas and you’ll see more than rows of corn, wheat and soybeans. You’ll also see towering wind turbines spinning above fields and solar panels shining in the sun on barns and machine sheds.
School shootings leave lasting scars on local economies, research shows
A mourner pays tribute to the victims of the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., in December 2012. Lisa Wiltse/Corbis via Getty ImagesFatal school shootings don’t just devastate communities emotionally – they also harm their economies, new research shows.
Fears that falling birth rates in US could lead to population collapse are based on faulty assumptions
Unfortunately for demographers, birth rates are hard to predict far into the future. gremlin/E+ via Getty ImagesPronatalism – the belief that low birth rates are a problem that must be reversed – is having a moment in the U.S.
Trump’s push for more deportations could boost demand for foreign farmworkers with ‘guest worker’ visas
Mexican farmworkers with H-2A visas weed a North Carolina tobacco field in 2016. Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty ImagesThe U.S. has an important choice to make regarding agriculture.
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